Duel systems on a single partition

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I had to reinstall my system software a couple times in a row because my hard
drive didn't reformat the first time but now I have to of the same operating
system (Windows XP Home) on one partition which I have to choose between
(with nothing to go by but order and title of the OS). It is causing Virtual
memory problems. My question is how do I delete the second OS so my virtual
memory isn't halved between the two?
 
I have two installations of XP on the same partition
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#two

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| I had to reinstall my system software a couple times in a row because my hard
| drive didn't reformat the first time but now I have to of the same operating
| system (Windows XP Home) on one partition which I have to choose between
| (with nothing to go by but order and title of the OS). It is causing Virtual
| memory problems. My question is how do I delete the second OS so my virtual
| memory isn't halved between the two?
 
Either use a program like acronis sytem selector, acronis partition expert
or some other program to load only one operating system at a time, or you
will have to boot off of a boot disk to dos, use fdisk.exe to remove a
partition "make sure its the not the one with the operating system you want
to keep" and that should solve your problem. Follow Fdisks.exe instruction to
the letter or you will end up reformatting your hard drive again. I
personally would load acronis system selecter first, so I would not have to
go through all the trouble that fdisk.exe will put you through. Good luck,
hope this works for you.
 
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